Minutes of Meeting #1708 Monday, June 5, 2023 Trey Haddad, President Ken Patterson, Vice President Dave Gallaher, Treasurer Galen Tripp & Laser Pistol Packin’ Mama, Sergeants at Arms Barbara Johnson-Haddad, Secretary held online, in exile
***NEW & improved*** ZOOM Meeting Registration link: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZcld-6rpjgvGtIgLOOMifWVLgfj9p19Xtim Called to order at 8pm 14 varied beings attended The minutes of meeting 1709 were accepted as 'on the right track' the proxy Treasurer report is that we have money: Regular: $15,805.32; Party: $230.58 Money can be sent to salve guilt via Paypal - sent to = dwgalla...@gmail.com the VP had nothing fannish to report except for a Dave Gallaher sighting the President had nothing fannish to report ANNOUNCEMENTS: none REVIEWS: Rick reviewed "American Born Chinese" on Disney Plus is an 8-episode teen comedy-action series that does involve some powerful figures from Chinese myth, one of whom is portrayed by Michelle Yeoh. He rates it as very good stuff that is worth streaming charges & he has no idea if there will be a 2nd season. Yochanan reviewed 'Crater' - seen on Disney Plus - as a young adult show with some interesting set pieces & inconsistently applied rules of gravity. He rates it as C+ to B-, decent but not great. Gerry followed, commenting about low gravity research which shows that, when not wearing a spacesuit, folks under low gravity move very similar to the way they would move normally on Earth & that the jouncy/bouncy movement shown is caused by inflexibility of the suits Gerry added a link on information from Dava Newmann, former deputy director for NASA, longtime spacesuit researcher. See = https://www.media.mit.edu/posts/dava-newman-presents-3d-knit-biosuit-at-mars-conference/ and later Yochanan reviewed Guillermo del Toro's 'Cabinet of Curiosities' that he saw on Netflix, as 8 different horror stories presented as a series, done somewhat akin to 'Twilight Zone' or 'Night Gallery'. He liked it but did not love it, finding some of it very gross, too intense & in your face. See = https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guillermo_del_Toro%27s_Cabinet_of_Curiosities and then Yochanan reviewed '10 Cloverfield Lane', the movie from 2016 as a possible post-apocalyptic mostly one-room thriller. He found it very effective in giving the movie a claustrophobic feel & found it mostly well done. He also liked, but did not love the movie. Sandra reviewed 'Vesper' on Netflix, saying it had a lot of delicate world-building & was quite good. See = https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9dajBhMSd00 https://www.theguardian.com/film/2022/oct/20/vesper-review-exceptional-post-apocalyptic-sci-fi-with-a-ya-edge https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/vesper-movie-review-2022 Kennita reviewed the 'Little Mermaid' remake as quite enjoyable with good actin. She felt the new plot points added to the movie were done well. She saw the movie in 3D & very much enjoyed the undersea scenes shown in 3D that way & felt it worth the higher 3D matinee price she paid. Yochanan followed, saying that he also liked it a lot, but was bothered by how Flounder looked like a dead, stuffed & mounted fish. [[With Trey asking if Flounder was not done in an 'animated fashion']] Ken reviewed a Swiss crowd-funded movie called 'Mad Heidi' as it stole from the best of the 1970's exploitation films. The plot has fascist cheese-mongers ruling the land in a dystopian future setting & he felt it was a good cheesy story of revenge. “Mad Heidi” A crowd-funded Swiss-ploitation film from 2022, filmed in Switzerland. It will be making a one-night-only Fathom screening later this month. Gayle reviewed getting her computer keyboard repaired as done in a same-day service. She is quite pleased with the results, done by Clevertech in San Jose. Their phone # = 408-316-7600 https://www.yelp.com/biz/clevertech-san-jose-6 and Gayle reviewed the Met Live performance of 'The Magic Flute' by Mozart as the production was meant to call forth historically accurate staging as would have been done in Mozart's time. She found it to be just wonderful & plans to return and view it again later this month. Met Live in HD, the Magic Flute (Die Zauberflote) Encore performances 1 pm and 6:30 pm in some theaters. $25.00 for seniors (buy in person) or on line we adjourned at 8:41pm and the rumor of the week was = 'Watch out, you are one radioactive pun away from entering the BASFA-verse' -- ******************* She/whispered/'Oh/my/goodness/what/are/all/these/squirrels/doing/here?' melc...@gmail.com *******************
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